Baker City

Baker City is the county seat of Baker County in northeastern Oregon. The city was mapped out in 1865 and incorporated in 1874, and it was named for the late Senator Edward D. Baker, who was killed at the Battle of Ball's Bluff during the American Civil War (the only sitting Senator to die in battle). In 1884, a railroad was built through the city, and it was the largest city between Salt Lake City and Portland, Oregon by 1900, making it a trading center. In 2010, the city had a population of 9,828 people.